<p>3.7 mi pore cleanse, aka treadmill run</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing the details of the marathon, MOWC, and congratulations again for the great finish!</p>
<p>H and I were up early today so we could head down to a wildlife management area in the northern section of the everglades for a hike with some friends. This preserve has some 62000 acres of dry prairie, woods, and lakes. We walked a 6.5 mile mostly wooded loop through sections of lyonia scrub, cabbage palm hammock, and live oak woods. Although the morning started out a coolish 70 degrees, I had unzipped and removed the legs of my hiking pants for the finish in the mid 80’s. Most of the terrain, par for the locale, was flat with hard packed sand, except for areas deeply rooted by feral hogs. We always watch our step, though, because of the venomous snakes. Having almost stepped on them in the past–I’m cautious. </p>
<p>Our pace was pretty slow because we stopped to look at the gorgeous scenery often. Highlights of the day included bald eagles and a nest with eaglets poking their scantly (dark) feathered heads over the edge, a Sherman fox squirrel (very large, cute critters), many other song and water birds, alligators, large strands of blue eyed grass, oak trees fuzzy with epiphytes, large expanses of tall native grasses punctuated with longleaf pine, tiny sundew plants (carnivorous), lush dark green palm corridors, bald cypress domes, and so much more. It was this passion for hiking in the wilds of FL and stalking the native plants that is responsible for my CC screen name :-)</p>
<p>Finished the hike with a picnic lunch–hummus on pitas and veggies, fresh citrus, and lots of cold water. Happy tired, no snake encounters, and no real sunburn. Beautiful day.</p>
<p>Sounds like a great hike, PlantMom, except for the part about alligators and snakes!</p>
<p>Watched the DVD that came with my kettlebell and did most of the exercises with them. It’s pretty good!</p>
<p>That sounds fantastic! A little Florida sunshine would be pretty nice on a hike right about now. I would definitely be on high alert for snakes, hiking in Florida, but the good news is that they don’t want anything to do with approaching people. Watch where you are walking and don’t go poking around in the underbrush, though!</p>
<p>Not an issue for New Hampshire hiking. I don’t think there are any venomous snakes in the state, although legend has it that there is still one known den of rattlesnakes, but nobody will say where.</p>
<p>6.5 miles on packed Florida sand/dirt trails sounds just about perfect!</p>
<p>No kidding that sunshine and heat sounds marvelous!</p>
<p>Haha Deb T on the “pore cleansing”- man I was right with you today I was dripping with sweat on the treadmill today - was wearing an underarmour type t-shirt - honestly, I think this material makes me sweat more! I’m more of a cotton t-shirt gal I think .</p>
<p>getting back to the gym for the first time since Feb 2nd. Very simple stretch and weight. About 35 minutes on treadmill mostly walk and about 1.5 mile run at 6 MPH.</p>
<p>Will resume full work out Tuesday (conference call Monday night)</p>
<p>PlantMom, that sounds like a delightful day. D came home for a brief surprise visit which I enjoyed very much, but I still made it to the gym both days. My kettlebell is still in the Amazon box, but I’ll break it out tomorrow. MOWC, I got the same type as you - glad to hear you found the DVD worthwhile as that’s what I’ll be relying on. </p>
<p>DadII, glad that you were able to get back to the gym. Don’t forget to take it slow. I’m amazed at how much better I feel when I exercise - I hope the same is true for you. </p>
<p>Beautiful weather here today - sunny and mid 40’s. Really nice.</p>
<p>Back from the basement. Quick 25 minute Rachel Cosgrove circuit. 5 exercises. 30 seconds work/30 seconds rest. I did four rounds. Got off to a rousing start with a great iPod workout song:</p>
<p>[The</a> Blues Brothers - Green Onions - YouTube](<a href=“The Blues Brothers - Green Onions - YouTube”>The Blues Brothers - Green Onions - YouTube)</p>
<p>The [TRX</a> pushups/pike and single leg squat jumps back to back](<a href=“Super Advanced Circuit | Sleek/Strong With Rachel Cosgrove - YouTube”>Super Advanced Circuit | Sleek/Strong With Rachel Cosgrove - YouTube) are brutal.</p>
<p>I’m replacing the fifth exercise with a 65 pound DB farmer’s walk, which is no piece of cake.</p>
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<p>Good way to ease back into it.</p>
<p>Monday I am going to set up an appointment to have my heel checked out. It is giving me a lot of pain during this 20 day trip. </p>
<p>The only thing I can’t decide now is to call a foot doc or a sport med doc. Any tips?</p>
<p>I always go with a sport med doc or athlete-oriented orthopedist or else you get tole to rest it for 6 months or something.</p>
<p>Rest day that turned into a major spring cleaning day.
Vastly prefer anything in the gym to deep cleaning/scrubbing bathrooms and kitchens, reorganizing cabinets and laundry room.</p>
<p>4 miles and pushups. I was busy doing paperwork again today and made progress on taxes.</p>
<p>1526 calories, 29% carbs.</p>
<p>My opinion on working out in general is that more people started this year and more people are sticking with it. I see this at the office gym and my local YMCA. Finding a good parking spot is getting harder there. I can’t believe how popular hockey is.</p>
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<p>Plus, some wet, heavy snow shovelling, I’m sure. There isn’t a lot of snow, but it’s back breaking snow.</p>
<p>I can’t believe how great all this hiking gear is for general winter shoveling. All the years I wore wet frozen jeans to clear off cars and so forth. Now, I just wear power stretch fleece top and bottom for lounging around the house. To go shovel, throw on the rain pants and rain shell jacket to stay dry even in the wet snow. Slip off the rain gear and back to lounging in perfectly dry fleece.</p>
<p>Cals 771
Fat 54 g
Carbs 26 g
Protein 40 g
Sugars 21 g</p>
<p>^^^
I’m not worthy. I’m close to that just from the half n half in my coffee… :)</p>
<p>yeah, intermittent fasting is my new approach per Sisson’s recommendation for us “hard cases”…</p>
<p>I’m just glad to be back on a normal meal schedule. I don’t know who starts a concert at 7:00 pm. Just totally screws up dinner timing. I got there at 7:05 and missed most of the first song. I guess they wanted to start on time and get the tour bus headed back towards Nashville before the snow storm. I dunno…</p>
<p>Saw a couple more of MOWC’s “neighbors”. Sam Bush and Del McCoury. Sam Bush is a legendary “new grass” madoline player:</p>
<p>[Sam</a> Bush and John Cowan -Sailin’ Shoes - YouTube](<a href=“Sam Bush and John Cowan -Sailin' Shoes - YouTube”>Sam Bush and John Cowan -Sailin' Shoes - YouTube)</p>
<p>This was a duet tour with an ol’ timey bluegrass guy, who played in Bill Monroe’s band back in the 1960s:</p>
<p>[SOUNDCHECK</a> ? Sam Bush / Del McCoury - YouTube](<a href=“SOUNDCHECK: Sam Bush + Del McCoury // The Bluegrass Situation - YouTube”>SOUNDCHECK: Sam Bush + Del McCoury // The Bluegrass Situation - YouTube)</p>
<p>They didn’t play any Little Feat, but they did do a song from an Irish group: “the U2 Boys”.</p>
<p>The show was at a gorgeous 800 seat performing arts theaters. Third row center seats.</p>
<p>Gym day followed by cleaning up the basement. Put together the book case that used to be in the basement and loaded it with stuff from my mother’s house. Reorganized the dorm mountain so it takes up half as much space. It’s no longer an obstacle course. Yay!</p>
<p>Still have half a set of everything on the Hops Challenge to get up to today’s 55.</p>
<p>OMG. I wasn’t the only one enjoying the nice hiking weather on Friday. Steve Smith, editor of the AMC White Mountain Guide just posted his article about hiking Mt. Pierce, one of the 4000 footers on the ridgeline south of Mt. Washington.</p>
<p>[Mountain</a> Wandering](<a href=“http://mountainwandering.blogspot.com/2013/02/mount-pierce-loop-22213-observatory.html]Mountain”>Mountain Wandering)</p>
<p>Click the first photo in the article for a slide show of full size images. Wow. I mean, seriously. Wow.</p>